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The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The musical comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
Trini Lopez is playing during three weeks at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Blood Sweat And Tears are playing during a season at The Cafe Au GoGo, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Folk-rock duo Bunky And Jake are playing at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Headline act is Joni Mitchell.
The Everly Brothers are playing during a fourteen-night stint at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
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The 5th Dimension are playing during eleven nights at The Cave, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Joni Mitchell is playing during eight nights at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Her support acts change during this period, but include David Steinberg and Bunky And Jake.
Roy Orbison is playing during a three-week season at The Club Embassy, Toronto, Canada.
Elvis Presley is spending a week on vacation in Palm Springs, California, USA.
The Top Ten records being played on KHJ Radio, Los Angeles, California, USA, for the week beginning on this date are as follows :



1. Grazing In The GrassHugh Masekela

2. Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan

3. Hello I Love You – The Doors

4. Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream

5. Tuesday Afternoon – The Moody Blues

6. She's A Heartbreaker – Gene Pitney

7. Never Give You Up – Jerry Butler

8. The Horse – Cliff Nobles And Co.

9. Turn Around, Look At Me – The Vogues

10. Jumpin' Jack Flash – Rolling Stones

The Doors release their third album, Waiting For The Sun, on Elektra Records in the USA.
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The Beatles start work on Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Rosemary Clooney is playing during an engagement at Harold's Club, Reno, Nevada, USA. However, she is seriously dependent on pills and will walk out of the club before many days have passed. At some point in this residency, she will also drive her white Cadillac Eldorado up the wrong side of a winding, two-lane mountain road, hoping in her deteriorating mental state, to test God's love. If He lets her survive after courting death from Reno to Lake Tahoe, it will mean that He loves her. She survives.
Ray Charles and Nina Simone play at The Summer Music Festival, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Last Night In Soho by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No8, giving the quintet their last Top 10 hit. Young Scottish music fan Mike Scott buys it as his first single. "From the minute I bought that," he reveals years later, "I knew I had to be in music." Scott went on to form Another Pretty Face and The Waterboys before embarking on an acclaimed solo career.
Country Joe And The Fish play the first of two nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Tim Buckley and The Illinois Speed Press play the first of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Andy Williams, The Osmond Brothers (aka The Osmonds) and Peter Nero play the first of two nights at the HIC Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Baby Come Back by racially-integrated rock band The Equals is the UK's No.1 single. The band's singer, Eddy Grant, will go on to carve out a hugely successful solo career.
Esther And Abi Ofarim play at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons appear on tv show The Kraft Music Hall in the USA.
The Nice are banned from appearing at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe, after burning a US flag on stage during a charity concert the previous week.
The first gig at rock promoter Bill Graham's new Fillmore West Auditorium (formerly The Carousel) in San Francisco, California, USA, features The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Ten Years After.
The Seekers record an in-concert album, Live At The Talk Of The Town, in London, England, UK, Europe.
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The Foundations play a live gig in Manila, Philippines, Asia.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.